SDF 2.001: SDF Reference: Phrase Styles

Contents | Parent Topic | Previous Topic | Next Topic
Home | Catalog

# 10. Phrase Styles

The phrase styles available are summarised below.

Tag | Description | Sample Output
Emphasis: |  |
1 | 1st level emphasis (default) | emphasis 1
2 | 2nd level emphasis | emphasis 2
3 | 3rd level emphasis | emphasis 3
Formatting: |  |
N | normal | some normal text
I | italic | some italic text
B | bold | some bold text
U | underline | some underline text
EX | example | `some example text`
Types: |  |
EMAIL | email address | ianc@mincom.com
F (or FILE) | Filename | `myfile.sdf`
SECT | Section | Paragraphs
URL | Uniform Resource Locator | http://www.mincom.com
Classes: |  |
DOC | document title | SDF User Guide
REF | reference (document code) | MTR-SDF-0002
ORG | organisation | Mincom
PRD | product | MIMS
Specials: |  |
E (or CHAR) | escape (i.e. special character) | ©
S | spaces are non-breaking | section 2.1
IMPORT | name of a figure to import |
URLs: |  |
http |  |
ftp |  |
telnet |  |
news |  |
gopher |  |
wais |  |
https |  |
snews |  |

Note: When emphasising text, it is generally better to use an emphasis style rather than a formatting style as the best way of doing so depends on the output format.